Scott Reynolds wrote:
> I was under the impression that it was tit for tat with the Americans. 
> If Japanese visitors to the US have to be fingerprinted and 
> photographed, the Americans should have to go through the same 
> inconvenience when visiting Japan. Oh, and since we can't single out the 
> Americans we'll just apply the new rules to all foreign nationals 
> entering Japan.

I think you are right. Of course, they could have been like Brazil
and introduced fingerprinting *just* for Americans.  8-)}

> I honestly think there is no more to it than that. As many have pointed 
> out, this new system will do absolutely nothing to deter terrorism.

What? How can you say, or even think that?  You'll have your passport
cancelled if you're not careful!

-- 
Jim Breen        http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/
Clayton School of Information Technology,
Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia
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